2. Tezos (XTZ) +255%

Tezos had a rough 2018 for many reasons, with the eventual launch of its main-net in September pre-empting a $170 million drop in market cap. All that seems to be behind it now though, with a 70% gain in just three days back in March. Tezos has continued to capitalize and is now 255% up on the year.

3. Litecoin (LTC) +254%

For Litecoin this year, it seems the only way is up. Steady gains almost every month have seen LTC into the top three performers. There were healthy gains following the Mimblewimble announcement in February, and again in March… April… May. The halving is in just 70 days, so who knows how high it can climb by then?

5. EOS (um… EOS) +158%

Fifth ranking cryptocurrency by market cap, EOS, has also made impressive gains so far this year. The decentralized applications and smart contracts platform hit the news this year when co-founder, Dan Larimer threatened that he could ‘take down’ the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks. Perhaps it’s true that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

6. Bitcoin (BTC) +134%

So yeah. Bitcoin’s gains this year have made even the mainstream financial media sit up and take note. However, it still sits languishing just outside the top five in our table. Which just goes to show what an incredible time it’s been for the crypto-market. Although this is just the start. According to some, we may be in for a 2-3 year bull market.

Posting returns in five months that over a year would make any stock market investor weep with joy. The four cryptocurrencies rounding out our top ten have all roughly doubled in value since the start of the year.

Each of these coins has performed incredibly well as crypto-winter has thawed and we have started to enjoy crypto-spring. While we shouldn’t take anything away from their achievement, the competition at the top has just been too much to surmount… this time.

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